# Amputations at Earthwise Horticulturial Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018066447` · 6/28/2018 · GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Earthwise Horticulturial Inc
- **Location:** 1539 Donegan Rd, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO, 81602
- **NAICS:** 115112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees 1 and 2 were using a winch to load equipment onto a trailer. As employee 2 went to loosen the winch, employee 1's hand went between the equipment and the winch strap. Employee 2 accidentally tightened the winch instead of loosening it, trapping employee 1's left hand and resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*